I am not usually one to complain about swim meets, since I appreciate all the hard work that goes in to putting one on.... And I fully understand that this is the largest LCM Nationals in the history of Masters Swimming....
But really...
Not being able to swim against your competition in the 200's???
This is not a local meet. This is the Nationals. The ONLY time I get to swim against my own age group.
There needs to be a better solution.
20 minutes an event! That's it? For that we can't swim against our own age group? I'm so happy that on Saturday we get to go home at 4:50 instead of 5:05.
The Championship Committee, host and officials did everything we could to minimize the timeline for this nationals. Below is the time we hope to save (based on historical data that varies considerable from year to year) from swimmer's who do not check in for their events. This savings is already included in the estimated Timeline.
Wednesday: 1 hour and 52 minutes (this day is already 13 hours long)
Thursday: 39 minutes
Friday: 1 hour and 33 minutes minutes (this day is 10 hours long)
Saturday: 34 minutes (this day is also 10 hours long)
Sunday: 31 minutes
Also, meets are normally run with 45 second heat intervals. We can do 30 second heat intervals if the officials push hard. For this meet we hope to do 20 second intervals by using flyover starts.
As you can see, if anything goes wrong, we could have far longer days.
It isn't all about the swimmers, the officials and volunteers will have to work long hours each day. If we don't keep the meet within reasonable hours, we will have a hard time getting people to bid on nationals and a hard time getting officials to run our nationals. Therefore, be sure to thank the volunteers and officials that make this nationals possible.
20 minutes an event! That's it? For that we can't swim against our own age group? I'm so happy that on Saturday we get to go home at 4:50 instead of 5:05.
The Championship Committee, host and officials did everything we could to minimize the timeline for this nationals. Below is the time we hope to save (based on historical data that varies considerable from year to year) from swimmer's who do not check in for their events. This savings is already included in the estimated Timeline.
Wednesday: 1 hour and 52 minutes (this day is already 13 hours long)
Thursday: 39 minutes
Friday: 1 hour and 33 minutes minutes (this day is 10 hours long)
Saturday: 34 minutes (this day is also 10 hours long)
Sunday: 31 minutes
Also, meets are normally run with 45 second heat intervals. We can do 30 second heat intervals if the officials push hard. For this meet we hope to do 20 second intervals by using flyover starts.
As you can see, if anything goes wrong, we could have far longer days.
It isn't all about the swimmers, the officials and volunteers will have to work long hours each day. If we don't keep the meet within reasonable hours, we will have a hard time getting people to bid on nationals and a hard time getting officials to run our nationals. Therefore, be sure to thank the volunteers and officials that make this nationals possible.
